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Walking The Dog with Emily Dean

Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

Walking The Dog with Emily Dean

Goalhanger

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Pets & Animals, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.63.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Emily takes Ray out for a stroll in Regents Park with legendary writing duo Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. They talk about how they introduced Emily's parents! And what brought the boys together to create their amazing biography of work including The Likely Lads, Auf Wiedersehen Pet and Porridge. They discuss the art of collaboration and how they approached their new memoir More Than Likely. 


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0:00.0

This podcast is sponsored by Pet Plan who are the UK's number one pet insurer.

0:05.0

I've always used Pet Plan for Raymond as they cover things other insurers don't

0:09.0

and they can even pay your vet directly, which can be a big help. No Raymond that doesn't mean you can spend

0:15.4

all the extra cash on treats. Terms, conditions and excesses apply. Pet plan is a

0:20.7

trading name of Allian's Insurance PLC.

0:23.0

What's this? Is there a royal passing, boys?

0:27.0

Is it a coincidence that we're here?

0:29.0

And there is a god of honor from the palace?

0:32.0

You really didn't have to lay that on

0:34.8

honestly it's beyond the call i feel you deserve this

0:38.6

thanks guys lovely lovely lovely gesture Lovely gesture. in comedy And by the way, they're also responsible for my entire existence because they set my parents up on a blind day.

1:06.0

So you can blame them.

1:07.5

I caught up with Dick and Ein in London St James's Park on a beautiful autumn day.

1:12.0

We chatted about how they first met and

1:13.9

started writing together how they cope with the failures as well as the

1:17.4

successes and why they think living in LA keeps them young it really does they

1:21.5

look amazing I loved chatting to Dick and Ian. They were so

1:24.8

funny and just real old school gents and you should check out their memoir which has just

1:29.2

come out. It's called More than Likely and it's just filled with brilliant anecdotes about everyone from

1:34.2

Marlon Brando to Sean Connery and Will Smith and it's also a fascinating insight

1:39.0

into the process of writing. I really hope you enjoy my chat with Dick and Ian here's the boys.

1:45.0

I'm Carine Ray. Do you know which way it tells me James's part?

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